Interact with the new pothole tracking map by MassDOT

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is expanding its pothole information program, which includes an online database, but it could take months to show the roads around Boston.

The MassDOT promotes the website as a user-friendly map of pothole locations. The website provides the size of reported potholes, the number of potholes MassDOT has filled, the cost of repairing each pothole and the material used to fill each pothole.

“MassDOT is pleased this program has been successful thus far, and we are continuing to expand this innovative approach across the state,” said Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack in a press release.

The program was piloted in the Springfield and Worcester areas and MassDOT announced it will expand the service to the rest of the state over the several months.

MassDOT expects the application to be implemented in Western Massachusetts near the New York border, Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands within the next month, but that it will be months later when the application is implemented near the I-495 belt, North Shore and Boston Metropolitan Area.

MassDOT reported it does not track all repairs in each area but in the data collected during the pilot program, at least 310 potholes were repaired on I-90, (the Massachusetts Turnpike), between Sturbridge and Weston in 2016, and about 210 potholes were repaired between Springfield and Weston from January to Feb. 17.

"This online dashboard showcases firsthand how dollars are being spent and enables us to make more informed decisions regarding our resources and capital investments," said MassDOT Highway Administrator Thomas J. Tinlin in a press release.